RCSI Bahrain celebrates seventh Conferring Ceremony

89 future doctors graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
– Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain) yesterday following the seventh
annual Conferring Ceremony, held under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

On the occasion of the ceremony, His Highness Shaikh Ali congratulated
the graduates and their families on their momentous achievements and confirmed
that healthcare is an important sector for the Bahraini government, in terms of
increasing the standards of living and levels of investment.

He added that His Royal Highness the Prime Minister is committed to
supporting efforts to develop the healthcare sector, including building new
hospitals and health centres, advancing healthcare services and attracting the
best international medical institutions and faculty, as part of the overall
vision of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Shaikh Ali went on to praise RCSI for its contribution to the healthcare
sector in Bahrain through its academic expertise and the development of
Bahraini nursing and medical graduates of the highest calibre, which will
reflect positively on the quality of healthcare services in the Kingdom.

In accepting their awards from RCSI President, Mr Declan Magee, and RCSI
Bahrain President, Professor Sameer Otoom, yesterday’s graduates received
degrees from RCSI Bahrain and the National University of Ireland (NUI), as well
as licentiates from the Royal college of Physicians in Ireland (RCPI) and RCSI.

In his address, Mr Magee congratulated the graduates on their
achievements and praised the ongoing relationship between RCSI and the Kingdom
of Bahrain.

Professor Otoom also took the opportunity to congratulate the graduates
and extended his gratitude to the friends and family members who had supported
them in their achievements, while NUI Registrar, Dr Attracta Halpin, also paid
tribute.

The Conferring Ceremony also provided an opportunity to recognise
students for exceptional performances throughout their undergraduate training
and yesterday proved to be a momentous occasion for Maryam Fareed Ashoor, who
won the three main specialist prizes on offer.

The 24-year-old Bahraini received the James Finucane Prize in Medicine,
the John Murphy Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the Niall O’Higgins
Prize in Surgery, marking the first occasion that all three prizes have been
won by the same student.

Dr Ashoor also presented the 2016 Valedictorian address.

The Clinical Lecturer Award for Medicine, as voted by the graduating
class, was presented to Dr Dalal Alromaihi, Consultant Endocrinologist at King
Hamad University Hospital.

Yesterday’s ceremony brought to more than 1,100, the number of RCSI
Bahrain graduates since the inaugural Conferring ceremony back in 2010.

RCSI
Bahrain is a constituent university of RSCI, which was established in 1784.
Like its Irish counterpart, RCSI Bahrain is a not-for-profit health sciences
institution focused on education and research to drive positive change in all
areas of human health worldwide.